First Day of school. ENJOY!

The hallways buzz with excitement, lockers slam, screams of girls who haven't seen each other in what, a week?

I shake my head as I go to the front of the school to pick up my schedule and books.

I feel the cold stares on my back as I try to continue walking with confidence through a sea of judging eyes. Part of me wants to yell at them to look somewhere else but I better not start a fight my first day. How will I explain that to my mom... she already is fed up with me as it is and she's always on shift. So when she gets a call from the school about me fighting or getting in trouble, she gives me this big lecture about how I am keeping her from paying the bills and putting food on the table. Basically, I'm the leech that is taking her happiness and opportunities to 'make it big.'

Finally, I make my way through and see the one pair of orbs that is worth the struggle to trudge in this prison this morning.

I smirk, as I get closer and pause in front of her. I open my arms and a darting mass of brown slams into me as we embrace. Unfortunately, I was not expecting quite the force from a tiny girl and I topple over bring her down on the ground with me.

I laugh as I try to untangle our limbs, while our books were strewn over the hallway and people kept walking around us. They didn't matter. Our world was complete now.

"Miss me much?" I chuckle.

"Oh, Maya," Riley grins cheekily, "I'm just so excited for middle school! It's like a dream."

"More like a nightmare," I respond, as I get up and pull Riley up.

"Can you believe it?" Riley chirps, "Middle schoolers... Sixth Grade, lockers, and BOYS!" as a group of eighth graders walks by us.

I roll my eyes at her antics, "I can believe it. I am standing right here."

The bell rings and we head to our classes and thankfully all of them were with Riley.

~~Lunch Time~~

"Maya, I don't get it," Riley asked with a mouthful of sandwich.

"Yeah, and what's that blubber mouth?" I ask with my witty smile.

"Why do you always sleep in class?" Riley asks taking a sip of her juice box, "I mean, I get you don't like school but is it because your tired or what?"

"One of my mom's ex boyfriends once told me you can learn through something called 'Osmosis'," I respond, looking at Riley's food with a pang of hunger, "all you gotta do is put your head on a book and fall asleep."

Riley pushed some crackers over towards me.

Was I that obvious?

"Does it work?" Riley asks confused,"I've never heard of, AHs-mo-sis before."

I shrug taking a bite of the cracker, "I guess, I don't really care if it does or not...but he said if a teacher woke me up I was supposed to say it."

Suddenly, a wiry little dude comes over and is holding a tray in front of us, drooling.

It's kinda creepy...

"Can we help you..." I ask, giving him a fierce look.

"Maya, be nice," Riley smiles, giving me a look that says 'shut up' in a playful manner.

"Farkle," he responds dreamily.

I look at him and observe him, shaggy blonde hair and all...

I roar with laughter.

What? I can't help it, who names their kid Farkle? Is he Farkle the Sparkle?

"Maya!" Riley reprimands me, slapping me on the arm.

I wince, "What? I can't help it if his name is funny."

"Apologize to Farkle," Riley demands in her cute authoritative voice.

"Fine," I drone, "I apologize Farkle."

"Good," Riley smiles, "and now we're all FRIENDS."

"Yay," I grunt with much enthusiasm.

Jeez, sometimes I wonder how far her smile can stretch. Actually, her energy... I never thought one human could contain so much. She's like a... I don't know but she's something alright.

"Farkle is in love," Farkle replies swaying in a trance, and with that he falls on the ground, smiling.

Well... I was not expecting that.

~End of school day~

The final bell rang, finally freeing me from this prison.

Riley skips over, smiling- like always.

She tucks her arm in mine and we sit on the bench, waiting for Mrs. Matthews to pick us up.*

She gently rests her head on my shoulder and I tilt mine on hers.

"Maya," she sighs with content, "I am so glad you are my friend."

I smile and put my arm around her, "Me too."

*(Cory has to stay after to grade papers)

A/N: Hey, so that was a little short chapter about the first day of school. I wanted it to be sort of... Fun?

Obviously, it didn't have a lot of thought as the previous one... Any recommendations for a scenario you'd like to see? Remember- REVIEW please :)